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Oceanfirst Financial Corp. short interest

5.5M shares of Oceanfirst Financial were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the top of its range over the last year (1.4M to 5.8M). Short sellers would need 4.3 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short5.5Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-4.5%+283% over a year
Days to cover4.31at 1.3M shares a day
Of shares in issue5.68%shares short over shares outstanding
New to this? How to read this page
  1. Short interest is the number of shares investors have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back.
  2. Days to cover is shares short over an average day's trading: how many days it would take short sellers to buy them all back. Above 5 or so is high.
  3. Rising short interest says more investors are betting against the stock. A crowded short can also rise fast if shorts rush to buy back.
  4. Brokers report it twice a month to FINRA, about ten days after each settlement date.
  5. What is short interest?

Short interest, days to cover and the price

Short interest is near the top of its range over the last year (1.4M to 5.8M), and the share price moved -10% over the last year.

Shares sold shortDays to coverShare price

Three charts on one timeline. Top: shares sold short at each settlement. Middle: days to cover, taller meaning shorts would need longer to buy back. Bottom: the share price, so you can see whether shorts added as the price fell or rose.

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    Every settlement since 29 Dec 2017 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 20265.5M-4.5%1.3M4.31
    30 September 20265.8M+15.1%1.2M4.68
    15 September 20265.0M+5.9%797K6.27
    31 August 20264.7M+14.5%1.0M4.66
    14 August 20264.1M+0.9%951K4.33
    31 July 20264.1M-8.6%883K4.62
    15 July 20264.5M+7.8%840K5.32
    30 June 20264.1M+25.7%1.4M2.89
    15 June 20263.3M-34.8%1.3M2.53
    29 May 20265.1M+3.9%658K7.69
    15 May 20264.9M+5.4%627K7.76
    30 April 20264.6M-2.6%778K5.93
    15 April 20264.7M-7.6%581K8.16
    31 March 20265.1M+18.0%828K6.19
    13 March 20264.3M+15.2%562K7.74
    27 February 20263.8M+4.6%576K6.55
    13 February 20263.6M+24.3%640K5.64
    30 January 20262.9M+20.3%847K3.43
    15 January 20262.4M-5.6%838K2.88
    31 December 20252.6M+2.7%571K4.48
    15 December 20252.5M+0.5%317K7.85
    28 November 20252.5M+10.1%353K7.02
    14 November 20252.2M-6.1%370K6.08
    31 October 20252.4M+66.8%569K4.21
    15 October 20251.4M+46.2%401K3.58
    30 September 2025982K+19.8%310K3.17
    15 September 2025820K+2.4%241K3.41
    29 August 2025800K-0.1%276K2.90
    15 August 2025801K+3.3%311K2.58
    31 July 2025776K-12.1%290K2.67
    15 July 2025883K+3.3%288K3.07
    30 June 2025854K-7.0%331K2.58
    13 June 2025919K-0.3%274K3.35
    30 May 2025922K+5.2%277K3.33
    15 May 2025876K+6.2%283K3.09
    30 April 2025825K+2.2%270K3.06
    15 April 2025807K+7.2%385K2.10
    31 March 2025753K+20.7%261K2.88
    14 March 2025624K+7.5%308K2.03
    28 February 2025580K-1.1%220K2.64
    14 February 2025587K-2.0%370K1.58
    31 January 2025598K-12.2%326K1.83
    15 January 2025682K+31.1%329K2.07
    31 December 2024520K-5.0%318K1.63
    13 December 2024547K-2.3%248K2.20
    29 November 2024560K+9.7%196K2.85
    15 November 2024511K+21.0%286K1.78
    31 October 2024422K-9.2%224K1.88
    15 October 2024464K-12.2%228K2.04
    30 September 2024529K-9.9%357K1.48
    13 September 2024587K-1.6%249K2.35
    30 August 2024596K+3.1%205K2.91
    15 August 2024579K-20.8%318K1.82
    31 July 2024731K-55.2%466K1.57
    15 July 20241.6M-0.7%258K6.32
    28 June 20241.6M+3.4%353K4.65
    14 June 20241.6M+15.8%313K5.08
    31 May 20241.4M+26.5%328K4.18
    15 May 20241.1M-8.7%171K6.35
    30 April 20241.2M+1.8%269K4.41
    15 April 20241.2M-10.5%240K4.86
    28 March 20241.3M+5.9%312K4.18
    15 March 20241.2M+12.1%366K3.37
    29 February 20241.1M+12.7%383K2.87
    15 February 2024974K+68.1%477K2.04
    31 January 2024580K+4.8%276K2.10
    12 January 2024553K-5.7%222K2.49
    29 December 2023587K+2.5%230K2.55
    15 December 2023572K+8.1%315K1.81
    30 November 2023530K-10.8%286K1.85
    15 November 2023594K-6.0%272K2.18
    31 October 2023632K+9.0%358K1.76
    13 October 2023580K-18.5%463K1.25
    29 September 2023711K-9.5%315K2.26
    15 September 2023786K+3.0%290K2.71
    31 August 2023763K-7.2%156K4.90
    15 August 2023823K-7.4%190K4.34
    31 July 2023889K+2.4%378K2.35
    14 July 2023868K+15.2%210K4.13
    30 June 2023754K+0.0%420K1.80
    15 June 2023754K-2.5%318K2.37
    31 May 2023773K+13.7%257K3.01
    15 May 2023680K-8.5%406K1.67
    28 April 2023743K+30.1%302K2.46
    14 April 2023571K+3.3%234K2.44
    31 March 2023553K-32.7%467K1.18
    15 March 2023820K+10.7%464K1.77
    28 February 2023741K-7.7%195K3.81
    15 February 2023803K-0.1%181K4.43
    31 January 2023804K+5.7%258K3.12
    13 January 2023761K+1.9%166K4.57
    30 December 2022747K-2.7%208K3.59
    15 December 2022767K-19.8%222K3.45
    30 November 2022957K-11.3%217K4.41
    15 November 20221.1M-14.6%276K3.90
    31 October 20221.3M+2.1%360K3.51
    14 October 20221.2M+8.7%333K3.72
    30 September 20221.1M+0.5%262K4.34
    15 September 20221.1M+2.1%188K6.01
    31 August 20221.1M+1.6%151K7.35
    15 August 20221.1M-1.7%200K5.46
    29 July 20221.1M-0.2%259K4.28
    15 July 20221.1M-0.1%206K5.41
    30 June 20221.1M-1.9%285K3.91
    15 June 20221.1M+8.3%242K4.68
    31 May 20221.0M+2.3%307K3.41
    13 May 20221.0M+7.3%340K3.01
    29 April 2022954K+5.6%249K3.83
    14 April 2022903K-11.9%234K3.86
    31 March 20221.0M-4.4%310K3.30
    15 March 20221.1M+7.6%234K4.58
    28 February 2022997K+4.1%206K4.83
    15 February 2022958K+6.6%220K4.36
    31 January 2022899K+3.4%207K4.34
    14 January 2022869K+10.9%249K3.50
    31 December 2021784K+10.2%286K2.74
    15 December 2021711K+0.3%231K3.07
    30 November 2021709K-2.3%255K2.78
    15 November 2021726K+5.5%296K2.45
    29 October 2021688K-15.3%180K3.83
    15 October 2021813K+0.6%175K4.64
    30 September 2021808K-13.6%273K2.96
    15 September 2021935K+5.1%220K4.25
    31 August 2021890K+7.0%198K4.51
    13 August 2021832K+22.1%308K2.70
    30 July 2021681K-13.4%202K3.37
    15 July 2021786K+4.2%174K4.51
    30 June 2021754K+2.5%295K2.56
    15 June 2021736K+0.1%179K4.12
    28 May 2021736K+15.1%234K3.15
    14 May 2021639K-10.7%385K1.66
    30 April 2021716K-2.5%173K4.15
    15 April 2021735K-2.7%209K3.51
    31 March 2021755K-0.5%284K2.66
    15 March 2021759K-2.0%329K2.31
    26 February 2021774K+9.2%344K2.25
    12 February 2021709K+4.7%532K1.33
    29 January 2021677K-13.9%142K4.78
    15 January 2021787K-3.2%171K4.59
    31 December 2020813K+27.7%257K3.16
    15 December 2020637K+2.2%243K2.62
    30 November 2020623K-17.1%235K2.65
    13 November 2020751K-9.3%311K2.42
    30 October 2020828K+94.3%229K3.62
    15 October 2020426K-10.2%153K2.79
    30 September 2020475K-10.1%205K2.32
    15 September 2020528K-0.5%137K3.85
    31 August 2020531K-15.1%126K4.22
    14 August 2020625K-12.0%259K2.41
    31 July 2020710K-31.3%208K3.41
    15 July 20201.0M-4.2%147K7.02
    30 June 20201.1M+96.4%276K3.91
    15 June 2020549K-1.5%248K2.21
    29 May 2020557K+44.5%210K2.65
    15 May 2020386K-7.6%238K1.62
    30 April 2020417K-17.9%269K1.55
    15 April 2020509K+6.5%279K1.82
    31 March 2020477K+20.0%342K1.39
    13 March 2020398K+21.1%251K1.58
    28 February 2020329K+8.6%225K1.46
    14 February 2020303K-1.4%155K1.96
    31 January 2020307K-23.3%170K1.81
    15 January 2020401K-63.6%286K1.40
    31 December 20191.1M+2.5%185K5.96
    13 December 20191.1M-4.6%155K6.94
    29 November 20191.1M+1.5%136K8.25
    15 November 20191.1M-5.7%120K9.25
    31 October 20191.2M+11.5%163K7.21
    15 October 20191.1M+3.5%210K5.02
    30 September 20191.0M-3.9%239K4.26
    13 September 20191.1M+6.7%266K3.99
    30 August 2019994K-6.4%226K4.40
    15 August 20191.1M-7.4%282K3.76
    31 July 20191.1M-1.3%163K7.04
    15 July 20191.2M+0.1%140K8.30
    28 June 20191.2M+14.8%207K5.61
    14 June 20191.0M-5.0%169K5.98
    31 May 20191.1M-6.0%116K9.20
    15 May 20191.1M-1.7%103K11.02
    30 April 20191.2M-2.6%101K11.38
    15 April 20191.2M+1.5%111K10.70
    29 March 20191.2M+1.6%175K6.67
    15 March 20191.1M+0.4%201K5.72
    28 February 20191.1M-10.2%137K8.34
    15 February 20191.3M+4.3%129K9.86
    31 January 20191.2M-11.2%228K5.36
    15 January 20191.4M-6.8%158K8.71
    31 December 20181.5M-7.5%229K6.45
    14 December 20181.6M-22.2%194K8.23
    30 November 20182.0M+5.7%156K13.12
    15 November 20181.9M+1.9%174K11.14
    31 October 20181.9M-6.4%165K11.52
    15 October 20182.0M-0.0%168K12.07
    28 September 20182.0M+20.1%216K9.42
    14 September 20181.7M-9.4%144K11.76
    31 August 20181.9M+1.2%136K13.72
    15 August 20181.8M-3.3%163K11.31
    31 July 20181.9M-1.1%163K11.73
    13 July 20181.9M+5.7%149K12.96
    29 June 20181.8M+24.8%366K4.99
    15 June 20181.5M+5.0%301K4.86
    31 May 20181.4M-1.6%264K5.27
    15 May 20181.4M+21.0%207K6.85
    30 April 20181.2M+18.4%201K5.83
    13 April 2018988K-34.8%243K4.06
    29 March 20181.5M+31.2%274K5.54
    15 March 20181.2M+1.1%263K4.39
    28 February 20181.1M+3.1%188K6.07
    15 February 20181.1M-34.8%255K4.35
    31 January 20181.7M-13.6%172K9.91
    12 January 20182.0M+9.8%168K11.71
    29 December 20171.8M157K11.42
    Shares in millions (M) or thousands (K); hold the pointer on a figure for the exact count. FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.